Oh? Oh damn… That was what I was referencing when I wrote you you with the “Revolution will not be teletyped”. I though everyone had heard it at some point! That'll teach me to use silly pop references.

Three degrees of separation: Gil Scott-Heron, before he died almost two years ago now, was supported on a 2010 tour of Germany by Queanbeyan poet and rapper Omar bin Musa, son of former Canberra Times arts editor Helen Musa, close friend and fellow Belgium beer drinker with yours truly. Omar bin Musa once houseminded the Australian Typewriter Museum in my three-week absence in South Africa, and is known to have used typewriters. Small world …